KSCA plans to build cricket stadium in Mangalore

26 November 2009

Director of the Karnataka State Cricket Academy Syed Kirmani said here on Wednesday that they were looking for 25 acres of land in Mangalore to build a cricket stadium of international standards.

The academy functions under the

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Mangalore to get Golf course, Hotel institute

Karnataka Government has decided to set up a golf course and an institute of Institute of Hotel Management (IHM) in Mangalore to tap tourism potential in coastal Karnataka. This was announced by Minister for Tourism G Janardhana Reddy here after releasing a new Karnataka

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Parking Complexes to be Developed in Mangalore

Minister for Urban Development, Law and Parliamentary Affairs S Suresh Kumar said at least 10 multi-storeyed parking complexes will be developed in the City limits in the days to come.

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Poovamma among three Mangaloreans to bag Ekalavya Award

Three sportspersons from Mangalore, including R Poovamma, have been selected for Karnataka Government’s Ekalavya Awards for the years 2007 and 2008.

The sportspersons are Nayana Shriyan - power lifting (Mangalore), R Poovamma - athletics (Mangalore), Uday Chowta -

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MCC drive cleans up Bibi Alabi Road

An hour-long drive by the Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) officials on Saturday left the Bibi Alabi Road in the central business area of the city much cleaner and wider. The operation was conducted near the scrap market, also known as Chor Bazar.

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Cutting of some trees inevitable

Minister for Environment, Ecology, Ports and Inland Water Transport J. Krishna Palemar on Tuesday directed Forest Department officials here not to object unnecessarily to cutting of trees for widening roads in the Mangalore City Corporation limits.

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“Academic Excellency Award 2009”

12 November 2009

The Yenepoya Foundation Confers its Academic Excellency Awards 2009 on the campus of Yenepoya University on Nov 11, Wednesday.

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Rain continues for third day in the District

Heavy rain that started pouring on Monday continued for the third day in the district. The district is witnessing heavy rain and made the life in miserable here. The commuters are finding it difficult to travel in the city as many roads clogged with rainwater.

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Unprecedented rain hits city

11 November 2009

Unprecedented rain hits Mangalore city that proceed since noon threw the normal life into standstill on Monday 9th November. Lightening and thunder made office workers stay nil and work pending. Also school children, officers and other found many difficulties in reaching home in the evening.

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Building licences: MCC to act soon

09 November 2009

The Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) council, at its meeting on Friday, resolved to find a solution within a week to problems related to building licences, which have cropped up after the master plan for the Mangalore region came into effect from October 1.

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Land acquisition, demolition drive imminent

The district administration is set to acquire land from private parties along some of the main thoroughfares here for the ongoing road widening work. As part of the proposed drive, Deputy Commissioner V. Ponnuraj conducted a survey of the congested Car Street and Central

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Light rainfall in coastal districts

Both Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts received light drizzle throughout the day on Sunday. As dark clouds covered the horizon since the afternoon, both the districts experienced darkness since early evening.

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Arogyotsava inaugrated

07 November 2009

Arogyotsava, a mega comprehensive health exhibition organized by Fr Muller Charitable Institutions at Fr Muller Grounds, Kankanady Mangalore formally inaugurated on Friday 6th November 2009 by Ponnuraj,

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Exhibition at Head Post Office Pandeshwar

04 November 2009

Exclusive collection of postal stamps exhibition organized by Philatelic and Numismatic Association DKPAMA was inaugurated on Tuesday 3rd November 2009at Indian Postal

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BSNL to launch 3G service

Bharat Sanghar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) will offer 3G mobile phone service in Mangalore by January-end, if everything goes as planned. The company had announced in February that 3G services would be available in Mangalore, Manipal and Udupi by the year-end.

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Mangalore Today’s web portal launched

Krishna J Palemar, District in-charge Minister and State Minister for Ports, inland water transport and Environment launched the new website www.mangaloretoday.com, on

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Kannada Rajyotsava Celebrated in the city

Kannada Rajyotsava celebrations were held today at Nehru Maidan Mangalore. November 1st is the day Mysore state renamed as Karnataka and therefore all the Kannadiga’s celebrate this day as Karnataka Rajyotsava.

Kannadambe, mother of Karnataka Bhuvaneshwari was bought in a procession from Jyothi circle of city to Nehru Maidan. Yogish Bhatt, MLA Mangalore, Pradeep Kumar Kalkura, Chame Gowda, DDPI and the many dignitaries of the district involved in the procession.

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